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From: "Rick Hargraves" <>
Subject: Re: Sojourner & Replacements
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 08:38:38 +1000


Dear Keith

This is quite often the case. I had an instance where it happened three
times in the one family - third time lucky.

Lesley Hargraves
Petrie, Queensland, Australia

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> From: Keith Edwards <>
> To:
> Subject: Sojourner & Replacements
> Date: Monday, 6 July 1998 7:15
>
> Can anyone tell me what a ''sojourner" is when mentioned in a parish
> register. I assume it was someone temporarily in the parish for some
reason.
>
> Also, I noted that several times when a John or William X died as an
infant
> there is often a birth a little later of another John or William. At
first I
> thought this must be a mistake but then I wondered if it was usual to
> 'replace' a John or William who had died with another later birth. Can
> anyone comment on this practice?
>
> Keith Edwards
> McLarens Toplis Canada - Toronto HQ
> Voice [416] 252 4431
> Fax [416] 252 1889
> www.mclarenstoplis.ca
>

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